#170A49#170A49

#170A49 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.107 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170A49
RGB	rgb(23, 10, 73)
HSL	hsl(252, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(252, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 86.3%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.95, 26.60, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.95, 45.08, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(21.84% 0.0229 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(21.84% 0.107 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6641, 0.8802, 6.3842)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170A49 #3C490A

analogous

#0A1D49 #170A49 #370A49

triadic

#170A49 #49170A #0A4917

tetradic

#170A49 #490A1D #3C490A #0A4937

square

#170A49 #490A1D #3C490A #0A4937

split-complementary

#170A49 #49370A #1D490A

monochromatic

#08041B #08041B #170A49 #28117F #3919B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.86

#170A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#170A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170A49

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170A49	1.00	17.86	1.18	17.86
#FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00194B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 10, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.107 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4b7d',
    500: '#170a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170a49;
$custom-light: #5c4b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.381,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21836,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170A49

secondary

#738629

accent

#F235CB

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #170A49

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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